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Talk to any old time police officer who fought unsuccessfully to curtail drug use 40 years ago and they’ll wistfully recall booking a suspect for having a few seeds of the whacky weed. Back in those days many departments wouldn’t consider hiring an applicant who inhaled one time and less than three
Colorado lawyer: Connecticut should not make our marijuana mistake
Yehyun Kim :: ctmirror.org
A person of Meriden, who didn t want to be named, smokes a joint. The person supported legalization of marijuana.
We started with good intentions. Colorado Amendment 64 –which I helped draft– passed in 2012 and promised to end marijuana prohibition and create a free enterprise system similar to alcohol.
I helped write Amendment 64, litigated cases to make it a reality, and helped design implementing regulations. By 2021, I should be proud of what Colorado created. I am not.
Connecticut is poised on the threshold of a similar marijuana mistake.
Nearly a decade later, Colorado has a commercialized, elitist, polluting, government-protected drug-dealing industry, that perpetuates itself to the detriment of the public and the planet. And we didn’t “legalize” nor end prohibition; those were political sops.